Reservoir · California · United States · CDEC
LOON LAKE
86.7% full
Capacity
62.91 hm³
Volume stored
55 hm³
Vs month average
96% of normal
Coordinates
38.983°N, 120.323°W
Last updated
2026-10-14
Current fill
86.7%vs 7 days ago
-0.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
-1.6%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
96%of normal
86.7% full on 2026-10-14, against an average of 90.6% for October across 6 years of readings (-3.9 points).
Data source: CDEC — California Dept of Water Resources — daily reservoir storage volume. Capacity is the design (normal full-pool) capacity from the US National Inventory of Dams (NID); fill % = current volume ÷ design capacity. Last reading: 2026-10-14.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About LOON LAKE
As of October 14, 2026, LOON LAKE is filled to 86.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 55 hm³ of water out of a maximum 63 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pts), and it is 1.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for LOON LAKE — 1824 data points between October 16, 2021 and October 14, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 52.0% (April 10, 2023) to a high of 105.0% (October 24, 2021). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around March.
It is operated by CDEC primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the California basin at 38.983°N, 120.323°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 86.7%
- Water stored
- 55 hm³
- Total capacity
- 63 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 1.6 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- California
- Operator
- CDEC
- Coordinates
- 38.983°N, 120.323°W
- Last updated
- October 14, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 86.7% | 55 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 86.7% | 55 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 86.9% | 55 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 87.0% | 55 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 87.1% | 55 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 87.2% | 55 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 87.3% | 55 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 87.4% | 55 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 87.4% | 55 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 87.5% | 55 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 87.6% | 55 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 87.7% | 55 |